import requests URL = "PING_URL" # "/start" kicks off a timer: if the job takes longer than # the configured grace time, the check will be marked as "down" try: requests.get(URL + "/start", timeout=5) except requests.exceptions.RequestException: # If the network request fails for any reason, we don't want # it to prevent the main job from running pass # TODO: run the job here fib = lambda n: n if n < 2 else fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2) print("F(42) = %d" % fib(42)) # Signal success: requests.get(URL)